2010/06/21 by Vincent Mosco · 1 citation
Social Sciences · #Cultural Industries and Urban Development
paper · doi:10.1002/9781405186407.wbiecs131
openalex publication_date 2010/06/21 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/14
Herbert I. Schiller is one of the founding figures of the political economy of communication tradition (→ Political Economy of the Media). Schiller was born in 1919 and died in 2000. Beginning with his book Mass communication and American empire (1969) and ending with his posthumously published Living in the number one country (2000), he had an impact on several generations of scholars, policymakers, media practitioners, and media activists. His work provided a principal inspiration for the global movement to create a → new world information and communication order (NWICO). Schiller was also a leading figure in the → International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR), the scholarly association most strongly identified with international and political economic research (→ International Communication).